The night of May 4, 2000, was the eve of one
of the most exciting, powerful, and transformative celestial events of
our millennium according to astronomy and astrology experts. It
began with the darkest night in living memory...no moon or planet lit up the sky as the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn were hidden from human eyes behind the Sun.The next morning, May 5th, at 8:08 a.m. Universal
Time, the longitudinal span of these five planets, Sun and Moon collimated
within a geocentric (Earth-centered) sector of 27 degrees of the Constellation
of Taurus in our Milky Way galaxy, forming a “Grand Planetary Alignment.”Synchronistically, the planets on this date were also in alignment
with the great central Sun of the Pleiades cluster, plus the current
eleven-year sunspot cycle was be at its peak. Many cultures, including
the Mayans and Hopi, have a prophecy predicting the May 5th Grand Planetary
Alignment and this time, "the birth of the New Age of Enlightenment"
- The Age of Aquarius. On the Mayan calendar, May 5th marked the
end of the 5th Sun and the birth of the 6th Sun.

As with the 12/12
and the August 11th eclipse ("The Seeding of the New
Dream"), Lyn "Starflyer"
Hopkins, PhD. and Shama, CHT,
CDC, TDE hosted an evening of ceremonial activities, workshops, drumming
and chanting to connect with the May 5th Grand Planetary Alignment and
invoke world healing. With the able assistance of our keynote
speaker, astrologer Ken Kalb, we consciously grounded our partnership with Great Spirit
while setting our collective intent for birthing the sacred “New Age Dream."

On this ceremonial evening
, we celebrated the Planetary Alignment and World Healing Day. Taking
our power as enlightened human beings, we engaged in mini-workshops,
ushering in the New Age light energy of this millennium and playing
our part in world healing. We culminated the evening with
a community bonfire, praying, drumming and chanting as we shared our hearts,
voices and beauty with one another.